Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Some call it 72 hour bag, Get Out Of Dodge Bag, Get Back Home Bag or
however. Making the perfect bug out bag definitely can mean difference
between life and death, and there are many philosophies about what
should be in it and what not. This is my take on it. It is a budget /
cheap bug out bag and makes sense for me. I have some different products
but tried to find most similar I could on Amazon because this is what
most people have access to.

First lets start with some considerations before assembling it.

Do you need a bug out bag or survival bag?

A bug out bag is for bugging out and not living forever in woods.
Survival bag is more for long term living outdoors. A bug out bag is
smaller and light, a survival bag is big and has more stuff in it of
course.

My philosophy for bug out bags is, you need to have things with you
that gonna bring you to your desired location. Nothing less and nothing
more. Traveling light is key here, not traveling comfortable. If you can
do both – great, but if you need to choose then choose to travel light,
fast and maneuverable. You are maybe gonna be forced to run, jump,
duck, use weapon with that bag on your back.

Three in 10 registered American voters believe an armed rebellion
might be necessary in the next few years, according to the results of a
staggering poll released Wednesday by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind.

The survey, aimed at measuring public attitudes toward gun issues,
found that 29 percent of Americans agree with the statement, “In the
next few years, an armed revolution might be necessary in order to
protect our liberties.” An additional five percent were unsure.

Eighteen percent of Democrats said an armed revolt “might be
necessary,” as compared to 27 percent of independents and 44 percent of
Republicans. Support levels were similar among males and females but
higher among less educated voters.

"It is right that you should know the purpose that brought the army under
my command within the limits of your State, so far as that purpose concerns
yourselves. The people of the Confederate States have long watched with
the deepest sympathy the wrongs and outrages that have been inflicted upon the
citizens of a commonwealth allied to the States of the South by the strongest
social, political and commercial ties.

They have seen with profound
indignation their sister State deprived of every right and reduced to the
condition of a conquered province. Under the pretence of supporting the
Constitution, but in violation of its most valuable provisions, your citizens
have been arrested and imprisoned upon no charge and contrary to all forms of
law.

The faithful and manly protest against this outrage made by the
venerable and illustrious Marylander, to whom in better days no citizen appealed
for right in vain, was treated with scorn and contempt; the government of your
chief city has been usurped by armed strangers; your legislature has been
dissolved by the unlawful arrest of its members; freedom of the press and of
speech has been suppressed; words have been declared offences by an arbitrary
decree of the Federal Executive, and citizens ordered to be tried by a military
commission for what they may dare to speak.

Believing that the people of
Maryland possessed a spirit too lofty to submit to such a government, the people
of the South have long wished to aid you in throwing off this foreign yoke, to
enable you again to enjoy the inalienable rights of freemen, and to restore
independence and sovereignty to your State. In obedience to this wish, our
army has come among you, and is prepared to assist you with the power of its
arms in regaining the rights of which you have been despoiled.

"This, citizens of Maryland, is our mission, so far as you are
concerned. No constraint upon your free will is intended; no intimidation
will be allowed within the limits of this army, at least. Marylanders
shall once more enjoy their ancient freedom of thought and speech. We know
no enemies among you, and will protect all, of every opinion.

It is for
you to decide your destiny freely and without constraint. This army will
respect your choice, whatever it may be; and while the Southern people will
rejoice to welcome you to your natural position among them, they will only
welcome you when you come of your own free will.”

R. E. Lee,General, Commanding

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By April 1863, America’s Civil War was two years old and there were
two more years of fighting ahead though, of course, none could know
this. What everyone did know was that the war was violent and bloody
beyond what anyone had expected or would have believed the nation (or
two nations) could endure. Neither side was at the point of exhaustion
or surrender. The war would certainly go on until . . . what?

Nobody
quite knew, though an insight of President Abraham Lincoln’s pointed to
the brutal truth. His Army of the Potomac, under the command of General
Ambrose Burnside, had been defeated at Fredericksburg by Robert E.
Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in December 1862. It had been a
one-sided affair, with Union soldiers making repeated assaults up a hill
against Confederate infantry whose position afforded the protection of a
stone wall with artillery behind in support. No Union soldier even
reached the wall. The Army of the Potomac suffered more than 12,000
casualties. Lee’s casualties were slightly more than 5,000. It was the
most lopsided defeat so far, for an army that had seldom experienced
victory. And yet . . .

The Army of the Potomac still existed, was still holding its
positions in Virginia, and its losses were being made good. Which could
not be said for Lee’s army.

So, Lincoln noted, the “arithmetic” of slaughter worked in the
Union’s favor. His army could survive a week of Fredericksburgs and the
Confederacy could not. Victory would come when he found a general who
understood this.

It’s natural after an attack such as the Boston Marathon bombings to
want to ratchet up security, but Americans are starting on a “slippery
slope” when they start allowing more cameras in public places, claims
Sen. Rand Paul.

“If the government’s going to use cameras to watch us they need to have probable cause,” the Kentucky senator said on Fox News Channel.
“They need to have an argument to use the Constitution to do
surveillance on us. And then I’m OK with it. But willy-nilly on
everybody all the time in open spaces, I’m against that.”

President Obama’s pick to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency
once said that a “majority of white voters” would never vote for a black
candidate and that they should be excluded from “the democratic
process.”

The White House announced Wednesday that Obama will nominate
Democratic North Carolina Congressman Mel Watt to take over the FHFA,
which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the country’s government
sponsored mortgage companies.

Watt, the former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, has in the past accused white Americans of racism.

“There would be a substantial majority of white voters who would say
that under no circumstances would they vote for an African American
candidate,” Watt said Oct. 14, 2005 during a Washington hearing held by the National Commission on the Voting Rights Act.

The Voting Rights Act should be expanded to “adjust districts to take [racially motivated voting] into account,” Watts said.

Such voters “need to be factored out of the equation,” Watt said, because “I’ve got no use for them in the democratic process.”

According to a contemporaneous report of the hearing published by the Cybercast News Service, Watt said that black voters — unlike whites — don’t have “an absolute commitment” to voting for a candidate based on race.

“Black people have not had the luxury of being able to say, ‘Under no circumstances will I vote

Children sticking their weapons in your face. May they ever be so stupid.:)

On Saturday, 4/27/13 at or about 5:05AM, the victim was walking in the
1900 block of Burgundy when he was approached by an unknown black male.
The subject pointed a shotgun at the victim's face and stated give me
your money. The victim disarmed the gunman and then chased him.

Moments later the victim was approached by two black males in a black
four door sedan (possibly a Honda Accord). The driver of the vehicle
said to the victim "give me my gun back and I'll give you your phone
that you dropped". The victim then used the shotgun to strike the rear
windshield of the vehicle causing it to break. The two subjects then
fled on Frenchmen to St. Claude and then unknown. The gunman was
described as a black male, approximately 16-20 years of age, 6'00" tall
with a thin build wearing a black hat and a black t-shirt.
Surveillance video captured the robbery on video/audio and can be viewed
on youtube.com at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kagO9D...
.

A similar incident occurred on Friday, April 26, 2013, at or
about 12:30am in the 800 block of Touro Street, right around the corner
from the aforementioned robbery. In that incident the victim was
walking in the 800 block of Touro when he was approached by two unknown
young black males.

One of the subjects pointed a shotgun at the victim
and demanded his property. The subjects then struck the victim three
times. The victim fled the scene without relinquishing his property.
The victim sustained minor injuries. The victim described the gunman
as a young black males and being approximately 5'8" -5'10" tall with a
dark complexion and medium build wearing dark clothing.

The victim
described the second subject as being a young black male, approximately
5'6" tall with a medium build, bushy hair and wearing a light shirt.
Both subjects were said to be in their early twenties.

Anyone with
information about this incident is urged to contact Det. Michael Flores
at (504)658-6707/MFlores@nola.gov and/or CrimeStoppers at (504)822-1111.

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.